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Are you referring to the spectators or the players? Spectators, there were many aunties. I had one grandma sitting behind making a lot of comments to herself.

As for the players, please see 3rd last photo for the one in red with the bottle. She should be from HK and look like the actress Vicky Zhao Wei. It was a sad say for the HK camp as many of their players lost.

Sorry for the poor quality photos. Using hp. I tried to "space" the photos for better viewing but not successful.

Wow, seems like Sony Kuncoro is coming back to form, after being injured for so long. Just in time for Thomas Cup . He will be a very strong 3rd Singles for Indonesia if he can get back to his old form and stamina .
I can't think of any countries with a strong & reliable 3rd Singles except for China & Denmark (for Thomas Cup 2012).
Hope Sony can get to the Final and meet LCW, then we will have a better gauge of Sony's form.

There is still Takuma and maybe Hafiz next. Hopefully Sony slow recovery also include endurance to consistently at least near his top level of his glory.

Wow, seems like Sony Kuncoro is coming back to form, after being injured for so long. Just in time for Thomas Cup . He will be a very strong 3rd Singles for Indonesia if he can get back to his old form and stamina .
I can't think of any countries with a strong & reliable 3rd Singles except for China & Denmark (for Thomas Cup 2012).
Hope Sony can get to the Final and meet LCW, then we will have a better gauge of Sony's form.

Really hoping that SDK able to face Dato LCW, so that INA Team may gauge SDK improvement. If SDK able to go back on form, INA chances of winning TC this year is bigger..

MS QF
Tommy Sugiarto [3] vs Sourabh Varma [7] - a tricky tie against the Indian player awaits Tommy but I still expect him to fulfill his seeding.

Takuma Ueda [5] vs Sony Dwi Kuncoro - it was an excellent result for Sony in beating Nguyen Tien Minh yesterday. Hopefully, this spurs him to perform well again today.

WS QF
Busanan Ongbumrungpan vs Aprilia Yuswandari [4] - the Thai player is one of the many WS players coming out of the conveyor belt and she reached R16 of WJC 2011. But since then, she had beaten Xing Ai Ying and Hera Desi (at the Vietnam IC 2011) and Hwang Hye Young (at the BAC 2012). So, definitely not a weak opponent for April. I still hope April can fulfill her seeding.

XD QF
Riky Widianto/Richi Dili Puspita vs Kim Dae Eun/Ko A Ra - as always, a match against KOR will be tough. It will be an excellent result if Riky/Richi can reach SF here.

She already injured herself in so many tournaments and forced to concede a few walkovers already. IS her injury that serious? Why don't she take a good long rest or do a surgery if possible? There's no point if she keeps participating in a tournament and forced to concede walover and lost the match like that

Just look-in today and was surprised by a few results: NTM lost to Sony,there goes my other prospective finalist; Mitani,a chris' favourite I supposed and one of my other expected finalist,ousted by unheralded Xing Aiying; Darren Liew,even more of a surprise,upset by Prannoy (who?);Bela,one of INA's new crop of talents met with failure at T K Chan's hand.

In the MS, I cannot imagine anybody other than Lee CW taking the title here, he really cannot afford to let his narrow defeat at Shon's hand break his spirit and set off a downward spiral,by hook or by crook he must redeem himself with a resounding though expected victory,nothing less - I've faith in him.

In the WS, will Sindhu,a young hopeful,sail into the final? Seeing the second round unforeseen or unanticipated outcomes, I'm not so sure about that now. Expect the unexpected. Still, can't helped but hazard a guess - Sindhu (maybe TK Chan has a fighting chance?) and Aprilla/Nozomi final.

Xing Aiying's wins were a big surprise. I thought she has almost given up being a professional player since she played so badly before this tournament.